Erebia melampus
Lesser mountain ringlet | |
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Upperside | |
Underside | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Erebia |
Species: | E. melampus |
Binomial name | |
Erebia melampus (Füssli, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
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Erebia melampus, the lesser mountain ringlet, is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of the family Nymphalidae.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This European endemic species occurs in the Alps from the Maritime Alps to eastern Austria (France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria). It prefers grassy places, in woodland or in open areas, at an elevation of 800–2,400 metres (2,600–7,900 ft) above sea level.[2][3][4][5]
Description
The wingspan is 30–36 mm.[6] These small butterflies have brown wings. Forewings show a postmedian band of orange oval to round markings containing small black spots. Hindwings have three or four postdiscal eyespots.[2]
Biology
Adults are on wing from July to September.[6] The larvae feed on various Festuca and Poa species (Poa annua, Poa nemoralis, Festuca ovina), as well as Anthoxanthum odoratum.[2]
References
- ↑ Catalogue of life
- 1 2 3 IUCN
- ↑ Eurobutterflies
- ↑ Fauna europaea
- ↑ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 1 2 Captain's European Butterfly Guide
Bibliography
- Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord de Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington, éditions Delachaux et Niestlé, 1998 - ( ISBN 2603011146)
External links
- Pieris.ch
- Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Lepiforum.de